DealMakers

Philippe Von Borries is the co-founder and CEO of Refinery29 which is a leading digital media and entertainment company dedicated to inspiring young women to live an informed & well-rounded life. The company has raised so far $130 million from investors such as First Round, Lerer, Floodgate, Stripes Group, and even Hearst Communications. The post Philippe Von Borries: Building A $500M Business By Seeing Women As More Than A ‘Niche’ Market first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Philippe Von Borries: Building A $500M Business By Seeing Women As More Than A ‘Niche’ Market appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Christopher Ahlberg is the co-founder and CEO of Recorded Future which is a technology company specializing in threat intelligence powered by machine learning. He raised $58 million from top tier investors such as Google Ventures, Insight Partners, and Balderton Capital. The company was recently acquired for $780 million by Insight Partners. Prior to Recorded Future, Christopher cofounded Spotfire which he sold to TIBCO for $190 million. The post Christopher Ahlberg On Selling His First Business For $190M And His Second One For $780M first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Christopher Ahlberg On Selling His First Business For $190M And His Second One For $780M appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Al is the co-founder and CEO of Avant which is an online lending platform that offers alternatives to its clients with safer, faster, better financial products. The company has raised over $600 million from top tier investors such as RRE, QED, DFJ, KKR, Tiger Global, August Capital, General Atlantic, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and Origin Ventures to name a few. Prior to Avant, Al co-founded Pangea Properties and Enova International which he sold for $250 million. The post Al Goldstein On Raising $600 Million To Disrupt A $13 Trillion Industry first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Al Goldstein On Raising $600 Million To Disrupt A $13 Trillion Industry appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

David Hauser is a serial entrepreneur. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Grasshopper, a virtual telephone service that was acquired by Citrix for $176 million that he bootstrapped without outside investors. The first company he co-founded at 17 was Return Path which raised $120 million and was acquired by Validity for an undisclosed amount. David has also co-founded a number of other startups including Chargify, Spreadable, PopSurvey, or Deck Foundry. The post David Hauser: Building His First Startup At 17 And Selling His Next Bootstrapped Business For $176M first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post David Hauser: Building His First Startup At 17 And Selling His Next Bootstrapped Business For $176M appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Emil Eifrem is the CEO and Co-Founder of Neo4j which provides a graph platform that helps organizations make sense of their data by revealing how people, processes, and digital systems are interrelated. They've raised $160 million to date, including an $80 million round in 2018. Some of its investors include Eight Road Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Dawn Capital, or Conor Venture Partners to name a few. The company is rumored to be valued at over $1 billion. The post Emil Eifrem: From Having $2,000 Left In The Bank To Building A Billion Dollar Business first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Emil Eifrem: From Having $2,000 Left In The Bank To Building A Billion Dollar Business appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Adam Pritzker is the co-founder of Assembled Brands which is a modern holding company providing a new way to finance consumer brands. Prior to Assembled Brands, Adam Pritzker cofounded General Assembly which raised $100 million from top tier investors. General Assembly was reportedly acquired for over $400 million by The Adecco Group. In this episode […] The post Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400 Million And Reinventing How Brands Are Built first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400 Million And Reinventing How Brands Are Built appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Steve Newman is the Founder of Scalyr which offers a cloud platform for high-speed log management and server monitoring. The company has raised over $30 million from investors such as Google Ventures, Shasta Ventures, or Bloomberg Beta. His most recent company prior to Scalyr, Writely, was acquired by Google to become Google Docs. Steve Newman […] The post Steve Newman On Creating Google Docs in 100 days Giving Microsoft A Run For Its Money first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Steve Newman On Creating Google Docs in 100 days Giving Microsoft A Run For Its Money appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Lori Torres is the founder and CEO of Parcel Pending which provides innovative package management solutions. The company raised over $15 million from investors such as Tech Coast Angels. Parcel Pending was acquired in January 2019 by Neopost for a reported $100 million. The post Lori Torres On Selling Her Startup For $100 Million Just 5 Years After Quitting Corporate America first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Lori Torres On Selling Her Startup For $100 Million Just 5 Years After Quitting Corporate America appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Derek Wall is the cofounder of HUBX which is a marketplace platform democratizing and disrupting the trillion dollar secondary distribution industry by empowering manufacturers, brands and distributors to sell anonymously direct to worldwide B2B customers. Within 12 months the company has achieved over $200 million of revenue with no outside investment. Prior to HUBX, Derek was involved with the founding teams of Ezequiel Clothing, Dita Eyewear, Techstore, Buynow.com, PriceGrabber, and VAULT. The post Derek Wall: This High School Dropout Went From $0 To $200 Million In Revenue In 12 Months first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Derek Wall: This High School Dropout Went From $0 To $200 Million In Revenue In 12 Months appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Dave Girouard is the co-founder and CEO of Upstart which leverages machine learning to price credit and automate the borrowing process. The company has raised $160 million from investors such as Kleiner Perkins, NEA, Google Ventures, Mark Cuban, CrunchFund, Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, Khosla Ventures, or Founders Fund. The post Dave Girouard On Raising $160 Million After Pivoting His Business Model first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Dave Girouard On Raising $160 Million After Pivoting His Business Model appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.